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I asked for it and
failed
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to obtain it; but that same
officer who had
little service
very
given
home appointment which had been denied to me
Another Lieut-General
junior to
not so in
ne
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the list but
received
appointment over
my
arr
head
although he had completed his five years in his last command, while I, owing to promotion had
--
only
three
Đóng trong
out of my five at But such was the critical state of affairs when
war
seemed so imminent that, I cannot help regarding it act of simple cruelly soldier's heart to have
As
to
arr
my
ma de
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turn.
on my port after
back
my
had
perfected the arrangemente
for meeting the danger, and
Mao
enabled to write
to the Gover.
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follows:
" Sir
it
Head Quarter House.
23rd January 1885
283
"I have the honour to acknowledge the copies of
of
the proclamation neutrality which just
received.
I have:
"Your Excellency may
rest assured that I shall
all
necessa
gary.
Measurla
the terms of it
take to enforce
whenever yo
upon
anc
The reason.
may
to do so.
"I have, etc
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prompt:
in sending him this assurance. was because of a copy of a despatch he sent me, from which I learned that doubts. existed in the Cabinet as
our
ability to uphold neutrality laws. Ha
showed me
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to
the
aloo
letter from
a prominent official in which fears
белег
expressed
that he (Sir George Bowen) would
be
made prisoner.
This timidity in
England
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